Yale Gas Stove Co. v. Wilcox
Supreme Court of Connecticut
The first of the above-named cases—the Yale Gras Stove Qo. v. Wilcox and wife—was an action to recover damages and also for equitable relief, for fraud alleged to have been practised upon the plaintiff by the defendant, Jedediah Wilcox, in the sale of certain letters patent; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the court, F. B. Sail, J.; facts found and case reserved for the advice of this court.
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The first of the above-named cases—the Yale Gras Stove Qo. v. Wilcox and wife—was an action to recover damages and also for equitable relief, for fraud alleged to have been practised upon the plaintiff by the defendant, Jedediah Wilcox, in the sale of certain letters patent; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the court, F. B. Sail, J.; facts found and case reserved for the advice of this court. The second case— Wilcox v. Foley—was an action to recover damages for the breach of a contract relating to the sale of the aforesaid letters patent; brought to the Superior…
1Opinion of the CourtFenst, J.
Upon the facts appearing upon the record, it is claimed in behalf of Jedediah Wilcox, the defendant in the principal case, that the agreement between Foley and himself was a valid and proper contract which could be carried out without fraud, and contemplated none ; that therefore, when he began to solicit subscriptions to the stock of the new corporation, he had an interest in the patents; that he was in fact a partner with Foley, that in making this contract with Foley he acted wholly for himself, and stood in no fiduciary relation to the Yale Gas Stove Company, or any of its stockholders. “…
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